Apparatus for baling cotton.



Patented Feb. 5, l90l.

F. DYER.

APPARATUS FOR BAL ING COTTON.

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Inventor Witnesses No. 667,362. Patented Feb, 5, 190:. r. nvsn.

APPARATUS FOR BALINfi GOTTUN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK L. DYER, MONTCLAIR, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN COTTON COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPARATUS FOR BALING COTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,362, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed December 13, 1900. Serial No. 39.659. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK L. DYER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New J ersey, have invented a certain new and useful Apparatus for Baling Cotton, (Case No. 41,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for baling cotton of the type wherein the bales are formed of a substantially continuous sheet or bat; and the invention preferably relates to apparatus of this type wherein a substan tially continuous sheet or bat is wound under pressure around a spindle or core to form a cylindrical bale.

The invention specifically relates to cottonbaling apparatus of the kind wherein a sheet or bat is formed in a suitable bat-former, from which it is directed into the baling apparatus.

The object of my invention is to provide a cotton-baling apparatus of this type which while permitting the bat-former to operate continuously, and therefore under the most favorable conditions, will allow the pressing mechanism to be stopped periodically when desired, as for the covering of the bales or for the making of small repairs.

To this end the invention consists in the combination, with a bat-former and a balingpress, of an accumulating device between the bat-former and press for receiving the cotton fed from the bat-former when the press is not running and means for returning the cotton which thus accumulates in the accumulator to the bat-former, by which it is again formed into a sheet or bat to be fed to the press when the latter is once again started.

The invention also preferably consists in a bat-disintegrating device interposed between the accumulator and the bat-former and by means of which the bat-like form of the sheet delivered by the bat-former may be destroyed,

an automatic feeder as now used in the opening-rooms of modern cotton-mills, combined with a fan or other blast-creating device for blowing the cotton fed from the accumulator into the bat-former.

In order that my invention may be better understood, attention is directed to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved cotton-baling apparatus in its preferred form, and Fig. 2 a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

In both of the above views corresponding parts are represented by the same numerals of reference.

1 represents a fine or trunk leading from one or more gins and through which the ginned cotton is-blown in the usual way. The bat-former shown comprises a plurality of wire-gauze-covered cylinders 2, mounted in a suitable casing 3 and connecting at their ends in the usual way with an escape-flue 4. A sheet or bat will be formed on each condenserroll, and the several layers thus produced will be compressed into a single homogeneous bat between the compression-rollers 5 5, which also act as doffer-rolls for the two condensercylinders with which they cooperate. The other condenser-cylinders may be provided with ordinary doffer-rolls 6 6. From the compression-rollers 5 5 the sheet or bat passes down a hinged chute 7 to a suitable balingpress 8, which preferably is of the type designed for winding the sheet or bat convolutionally around a spindle or core to form a cylindrical bale. The press illustrated diagrammatically is an ordinary horizontal tworoll baling-press of the type now in exten sive and successful use in this country.

Mounted below the casing 3 of the batformer is an accumulator 9, which preferably comprises a hopper having a belt 10 at the bottom and a spiked belt 11, forming one of its inclined sides. Near the top of the spiked belt 11 is an evening-roller 12, which throws back any surplus of cotton elevated by the belt 11, so as to regulate the quantity of the cotton removed from the accumulator.

13 is a fan which blows the cotton removed from the accumulator by the, belt 11. through an auxiliary flue 14:, leading to the bat-former, as shown.

I preferably interpose between the accum ulator 9 and the bat-former a device for destroying the bat-like condition of the sheet leaving the bat-former, whereby the cotton will be deposited in the accumulator in a light, pfluify, and unmatted condition, and this device preferably comprises a pair of rollers 15, preferably faced with rubber and driven at a high speed.

The parts comprising the bat-former, the fan, the belts l0 and 11, and the eveningroller 12 of the accumulator, as well as the rollers 15, are all 'driven by any suitable arrangement of belts or gears, or both, to rotate in the proper directions and at the correct speeds. The arrangement of belts and gears shown in the drawings will be readily obvious to skilled persons. I preferably, however, interpose a clutch 16 between the main shaft 17 and the fan 13, so that by operating said clutch the fan and the elements of the accumulator'can be stopped or started when desired.

The operation of the device will be as follows: Normally the hinged apron 7 will occupy the position shown in full lines. Cotton being blown through the trunk 1 into the bat-former will be formed in to a substantially A press.

contin uous sheet or bat, which will be directed down the apron 7 into the press 8 to be formed into a bale of the desired kind. When it is necessary to stop the pressas,for example, during the covering of the bales-the apron 7 is moved to the position shown in dotted lines, so that the sheet or bat formed between the compression rollers 5 5 will be passed through the rollers 15 when used, which are driven at a high speed and which disintegrate the bat, so as to deposit it into the hopper or accumulator in a light, fluffy, and unmatted state. During this time the fan, the belts 10 and 11, and the evening-roller 12 are stationary. When the press 8 is once again started and is ready for operation, the apron 7 is returned to its original position to again direct the sheet or bat from the bat-former into the When it is desired to return the cotton accumulated in the accumulator to the bat-former, which may be at any time dur= ing the formation of the bale, the clutch 16 is operated to start the fan, the belts 10 and 11, and the evening-roller 12. The spiked belt 11 will remove the cotton from the accumulator, any surplus being thrown back into it will be possible to return the cotton from the accumulator to the bat-former at any time desired. I

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is as follows:

1. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination Witha bat-former for forming a'sheet v or bat and a cotton-press for compressing the sheet or bat into bales, of an accumulator between the bat-former and the press for receiving the bat formed in the bat-former,and means for returning the cotton accumulated in the accumulator to the bat-former in a light, Huffy and unmatted condition, substantially as set forth.

2. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination with a bat-former and a press for compressing the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former, of an automatic feeder between the bat-former and the press for receiving the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former, and means for returning the cotton accumulated in the automatic feeder to the bat-former in a light and fiuffy state, substantially as set forth.

3. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination with a bat-former and a press for compressing the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former, of an automatic feeder between the bat-former and the press for receiving the sheet or bat formed in the bat-form er,and a fan for returning the cotton accumulated in the automatic feeder to the bat-former in a light and flufiy state, substantially as set forth.

4. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination with a bat-form er and a baling-press for forming the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former into bales, of an accumulator between the bat-former and the press, means for disintegrating the sheet or. bat delivered by the bat-former and for depositing the disintegrated sheet in the accumulatorin a light, fluffy and unmatted condition, and means-for returning the cotton accumulated in the accumulator to the bat-former, substantially as set forth.

5. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination with a bat-former and a baling-press for forming the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former into bales, of an accumulator between the bat-former and the press, means for disintegrating the sheet or bat delivered by the bat-former and for depositing the disintegrated sheet in the accumulator in a light, fiuffy and unmatted condition, and a fan for returning the cotton accumulated in I between the bat-former and the press, means for disintegrating the sheet or bat formed in former, of an automatic feeder between the bat-former and the press, a pair of disintegrating rollers for receiving the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former and for depositing the cotton in the automatic feeder in a light, fiuffy condition, and means for returning the cotton from the automatic feeder to the batformer, substantially as set forth.

8. In a cotton-baling apparatus, the combination with a bat-former and baling-press for baling the sheet or bat formed in the batformer, of an automatic feeder between the bat-former and the press,a pair of disintegrat-' ing rollers for receiving the sheet or bat formed in the bat-former and for depositing the cotton in the automatic feeder in a light, flufiy condition, and a fan for returning the cotton from the automatic feeder to the batformer, substantially as set forth.'

This specification signed and witnessed this 22d day of November, 1900.

FRANK L. DYER.

Witnesses:

S. O. EDMONDS, J NO. R. TAYLOR. 

